Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke was detained by Delhi Police on Friday while he was heading to Connaught Place to participate in the party’s ‘Lehra Do Tiranga’ event.
Delhi Police had urged Dipke to call off the gathering, citing concerns over traffic disruption, public safety and the inconvenience it could cause to traders and commuters. Dipke, however, argued that he had not violated any law and asked the police to suggest an alternative venue for the event. The CJP founder had called for a ‘Lehra Do Tiranga’ event at Central Park in Connaught Place to protest the arrests of Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka. The CJP leaders were arrested after allegedly breaching barricades at Jantar Mantar following the Centre’s decision to denotify the protest site. The row had begun with the CJP and Opposition groups demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar over alleged irregularities in the conduct of elections in India and the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.
The event was scheduled to be held at 5 pm on October 16. Track LIVE updates from CJP protest In an exchange with police personnel, shared by ANI, a police official could be heard telling Dipke that he was being taken into preventive detention, citing the prohibitory order under Section 163 in force in Connaught Place. Earlier reporting noted: A police team has also visited Dipke’s place of stay to verbally inform him about prohibitory orders under Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), in force in the New Delhi area, and urge him to call off the march and maintain peace and law and order.
Earlier reporting noted: Delhi Police asks Abhijeet Dipke to call off Tiranga march, plans Central Park blockade to allow traffic movement Delhi Police said it is planning to block all entries to Central Park in Connaught Place ahead of the proposed Tiranga march by Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke, while allowing traffic and pedestrian movement in the inner and outer circles of CP.
Both Das and Ranka have been judicial custody since then. Earlier reporting noted: CJP livestreamed the tense exchange between Dipke and Delhi Police personnel.
